Big Tech And Our Future
This is scary. Even asking questions may bring down, as yet unknowable, consequences. You may well want to give up and live in a shack in the middle of nowhere. This is fine, and good luck, but it’s not where I am.
Mostly for my own benefit, I need to pose some questions and answer them as rationally as I can. I need, in my own small way, to be pragmatic about the actions I can take, and my expectations of the actions of others.
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Alternatives in UK
If the UK is to become anything other than a digital vassal of the US, we have to have a nose-to-tail digital service infrastructure…
What I mean is… how many digital products, platforms and services are built on Big Tech foundations? It’s incredibly hard to find UK owned and run services. Many, many service-tier offerings (after all, we’re a nation of digital greengrocers), but it’s quite tricky to find replacements for things like Vercel, Digital Ocean or even Dropbox.
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Alternatives to X
OK, so you’ve read my plea to leave X , and you’re thinking… ok, they have a point, but…
How do we start?
First of all, I have to acknowledge that this isn’t a simple as just deleting your account. Many organisations have had a presence on X (fka Twitter) for a long time and have built up a substantial audience. I’m not suggesting you throw that away, yet.
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Why are you still on X?
Elon Musk gives a Nazi salute at Donald Trump’s inauguration rally. Now that Elon Musk has made his allegiances and motivations pretty clear, I have to ask a question. Why are you still on X?
I get it. You’re a big organisation and in some ways, in spite of that size, you’re vulnerable if you lose your audience. But, I have to ask again. Why are you still on X?
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Big Tech And Our Future
Thinking about where media, society and technology meet
An LRG gets deep series
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